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Working Papers

2003

1. Bidding Rings and the Winner's Curse: The Case of Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2001

2. Empirical Implications of Equilibrium Bidding in First-Price, Symmetric, Common Value Auctions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1999) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Empirical Implications of Equilibrium Bidding in First-Price, Symmetric, Common Value Auctions, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2003) View citations (142) (2003)
3. Pricing in the California Power Exchange Electricity Market: Should California Switch from Uniform Pricing to Pay-as-Bid Pricing?
   Papers of Peter Cramton, University of Maryland, Department of Economics - Peter Cramton View citations (17)
4. Uniform Pricing or Pay-as-Bid Pricing: A Dilemma for California and Beyond
   Papers of Peter Cramton, University of Maryland, Department of Economics - Peter Cramton View citations (47)
   See also Journal Article Uniform Pricing or Pay-as-Bid Pricing: A Dilemma for California and Beyond, The Electricity Journal, Elsevier (2001) View citations (48) (2001)

2000

5. Joint Bidding in Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions
   Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (4)

1999

6. Patterns of Trade in the Market for Used Durables: Theory and Evidence
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)

1997

7. Noncooperative Collusion Under Imperfect Price Information
   Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (39)
   Also in Working Papers, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences (1982)
   See also Journal Article Noncooperative Collusion under Imperfect Price Information, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1984) View citations (956) (1984)
8. Ohio School Milk Markets: An Analysis of Bidding
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Ohio School Milk Markets: An Analysis of Bidding, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1999) View citations (198) (1999)

1993

9. Determinants of the Timing and Incidence of Exploratory Drilling on Offshort Wildcat Tracts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
10. The effect of public capital in state-level production functions reconsidered
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Public Capital in State-Level Production Functions Reconsidered, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1996) View citations (171) (1996)

1992

11. Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1993) View citations (253) (1993)
12. The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1992)
    See also Journal Article The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1995) View citations (88) (1995)

1990

13. AUCTIONS FOR OIL AND GAS LEASES WITH AN INFORMED BIDDER AND A RANDOM RESERVATION PRICE
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Auctions for Oil and Gas Leases with an Informed Bidder and a Random Reservation Price, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1994) View citations (79) (1994)

1989

14. Collusion in Auctions
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Collusion in Auctions, Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES (1989) View citations (52) (1989)
15. Random Reservation Prices and Bidding Behavior in OCS Drainage Auctions
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Random Reservation Prices and Bidding Behavior in OCS Drainage Auctions, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (13) (1989)

1986

16. Information, Returns, and Bidding Behavior in OCS Auctions: 1954-1969
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
    See also Journal Article Information, Returns, and Bidding Behavior in OCS Auctions: 1954-1969, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (1987) View citations (39) (1987)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Mergers and coordinated effects
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2020, 73, (C) View citations (6)

2014

2. Auctioning Resource Rights
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 175-190 View citations (3)

2010

3. Recent U.S. offshore oil and gas lease bidding: A progress report
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, 28, (4), 390-396 View citations (12)

2008

4. Bidding rings and the winner's curse
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2008, 39, (4), 1018-1041 View citations (19)

2005

5. Collusion in Industrial Economics: A Comment
   Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2005, 5, (3), 231-234 View citations (2)
6. Detecting Collusion
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2005, 26, (2), 147-167 View citations (40)

2003

7. Empirical Implications of Equilibrium Bidding in First-Price, Symmetric, Common Value Auctions
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (1), 115-145 View citations (142)
   See also Working Paper Empirical Implications of Equilibrium Bidding in First-Price, Symmetric, Common Value Auctions, NBER Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2001

8. Uniform Pricing or Pay-as-Bid Pricing: A Dilemma for California and Beyond
   The Electricity Journal, 2001, 14, (6), 70-79 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Uniform Pricing or Pay-as-Bid Pricing: A Dilemma for California and Beyond, Papers of Peter Cramton (2001) View citations (47) (2001)

1999

9. Ohio School Milk Markets: An Analysis of Bidding
   RAND Journal of Economics, 1999, 30, (2), 263-288 View citations (198)
   See also Working Paper Ohio School Milk Markets: An Analysis of Bidding, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (5) (1997)

1996

10. The Effect of Public Capital in State-Level Production Functions Reconsidered
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (1), 177-80 View citations (171)
    See also Working Paper The effect of public capital in state-level production functions reconsidered, Economics Working Papers (1993) View citations (31) (1993)
11. The Timing and Incidence of Exploratory Drilling on Offshore Wildcat Tracts
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (3), 388-407 View citations (39)

1995

12. The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions
    Econometrica, 1995, 63, (1), 1-27 View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Information in U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Auctions, NBER Working Papers (1992) (1992)

1994

13. Auctions for Oil and Gas Leases with an Informed Bidder and a Random Reservation Price
    Econometrica, 1994, 62, (6), 1415-44 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper AUCTIONS FOR OIL AND GAS LEASES WITH AN INFORMED BIDDER AND A RANDOM RESERVATION PRICE, Working Papers (1990) View citations (3) (1990)

1993

14. Bidding behaviour in OCS drainage auctions: Theory and evidence
    European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (2-3), 320-328 View citations (3)
15. Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (3), 518-38 View citations (253)
    See also Working Paper Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (3) (1992)
16. Optimal Selling Strategies for Oil and Gas Leases with an Informed Buyer
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 234-39 View citations (17)

1992

17. Joint Bidding in Federal OCS Auctions
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 506-11 View citations (42)

1991

18. A Review Essay on Handbook of Industrial Organization
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1991, 29, (2), 553-72 View citations (5)

1990

19. Can resale price maintenance and franchise fees correct sub-optimal levels of retail service?
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1990, 8, (1), 115-141 View citations (22)

1989

20. Collusion in Auctions
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1989, (15-16), 217-230 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper Collusion in Auctions, Discussion Papers (1989) View citations (55) (1989)
21. Random Reservation Prices and Bidding Behavior in OCS Drainage Auctions
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1989, 32, (2), S83-106 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Random Reservation Prices and Bidding Behavior in OCS Drainage Auctions, Discussion Papers (1989) View citations (15) (1989)

1988

22. An Empirical Study of an Auction with Asymmetric Information
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (5), 865-83 View citations (190)

1987

23. Information, Returns, and Bidding Behavior in OCS Auctions: 1954-1969
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1987, 35, (4), 517-42 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Information, Returns, and Bidding Behavior in OCS Auctions: 1954-1969, Working Papers (1986) (1986)

1986

24. A Note on Tacit Collusion under Demand Uncertainty
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1986, 19, (3), 556-58

1985

25. Oligopoly and the Incentive for Horizontal Merger
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 219-27 View citations (505)
26. On the Incidence and Duration of Price Wars
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1985, 33, (4), 415-26 View citations (34)

1984

27. Noncooperative Collusion under Imperfect Price Information
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (1), 87-100 View citations (956)
    See also Working Paper Noncooperative Collusion Under Imperfect Price Information, Levine's Working Paper Archive (1997) View citations (39) (1997)
28. Switching Regression Models with Imperfect Sample Separation Information-With an Application on Cartel Stability
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (2), 391-418 View citations (92)
29. Tariff Policies in a Small Open Spatial Economy
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1984, 17, (2), 270-82 View citations (2)

1983

30. A Study of Cartel Stability: The Joint Executive Committee, 1880-1886
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (2), 301-314 View citations (256)
31. On the rationality of buying from a price predator
    Economics Letters, 1983, 11, (4), 385-389
32. Optimal cartel trigger price strategies
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1983, 29, (2), 313-338 View citations (100)

1980

33. Determinants of the rate of subdivision development
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1980, 8, (3), 273-282

Edited books

2007

1. Handbook of Industrial Organization, vol 3
   Handbook of Industrial Organization, Elsevier View citations (335)

Chapters

2007

1. An Empirical Perspective on Auctions
   Elsevier View citations (39)
2. Preface to the Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 3
   Elsevier View citations (85)